Template:Did you know nominations/William H. Cornwell, John F. Colburn, and Arthur P. Peterson


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:36, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

William H. Cornwell, John F. Colburn, Arthur P. Peterson

 * ... that on January 13, 1893, Queen Liliuokalani appointed four new cabinet ministers: Parker,  Cornwell, Colburn, and Peterson, whose opposition to a new constitution, led to her overthrow on January 17?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Infinite Vulcan, Template:Did you know nominations/Babette's, Template:Did you know nominations/Nilgai
 * Comment: While all three articles contain information on this incident, the bulk of the prose that matches the source below can be found in the Colburn article under "Political career" section. — Maile (talk) 01:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Since we are close enough now. Please reserve this for a January 13 or 17, 2017 appearance on the main page.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:16, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think it should be promoted on January 17 as the most important date since no other Hawaiian DYK will be created for that date.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:07, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I made the necessary adjustment to request only Jan 17 in the special holding area at DYK. — Maile (talk) 21:47, 9 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Source: Queen Liliuokalani was very nearly deposed by her closest supporters three days before the January 17, 1893 climax of the Revolution that overthrew the monarchy. Members of her cabinet approached the community for help in accomplishing this on January 14, minutes after her abortive effort to promulgate a new constitution...Samuel Parker, minister of foreign affairs, John F. Colburn, minister of the interior, W. H. Cornwell, minister of finance, and A. P. Peterson, attorney general, (Thurston Twigg-Smith, p. 61) After hearing an impassioned plea that Saturday from members of the Queen's Cabinet for support if they were to move against her...the Committee of Safety met into the night and decided no other course remained but to depose the Queen and to install a provisional government.(Thurston Twigg-Smith, p. 95)

Created by KAVEBEAR (talk) and Maile66 (talk). Nominated by KAVEBEAR (talk) at 19:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg These three articles are new enough and long enough and are useful in extending Wikipedia's coverage of these tumultuous times in Hawaii. The hook facts are cited inline and the articles are neutral. I did not detect any copyright issues, with many of the sources being digitized copies of Hawaii newspapers. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:08, 10 December 2016 (UTC)